BEZERRA, Maria do Livramento Mamede.; LIMA JÚNIOR, Josean da Silva.; SANTOS, Valdonilson Barbosa dos.
Abstract:
This research aims to unveil the phenomenon of violence against women in the context of rural
communities in the municipality of Sumé-PB, in its multiple expressions, and the effectiveness of the
safety net from the perspective of rural women, managers and professionals who work. in that
municipality. Research can be defined as qualitative and descriptive. For purposes of analysis, data
sources were transcribed audios of focus groups to be performed in three Agrovilas Settlement
Mandacaru / Sumé-PB, a municipality that has a very lack of studies on gender violence. She analyzed
these violence, exploring what women think and explain about violent gender practices, as they
symbolize their position and role in the family context. Answering the following questions: Is there
an institutional support network for women who suffer marital violence in the rural communities of
the municipality of Sumé? What is the existing safety net for rural women in situations of domestic
and intrafamily violence? What is the knowledge and access to the Maria da Penha Law for rural
women? What are the violence suffered by women living in rural areas? Thus, we obtained theoretical
and practical subsidies that deepened the knowledge and information about the social problem of
violence against women in rural context that is constituted within a wide range of situations that, in
turn, imply subjectivities, values and culture, but also on more structural issues, such as conditions
of poverty and inequality.